Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Western Kentucky
Deon Yelder
TE • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Deon Yelder reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a tight end
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
Deon Yelder built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Louisville, KY wearing No. 19, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Deon Yelder's career was his receiving role: 52...
Read the storyDeon Yelder, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Deon Yelder reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 688
- Receptions
- 52
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Deon Yelder quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 688
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 688 receiving yards · TE 3rd (top 1%) · Conference USA 9th (top 5%) · National 112th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 12 | 5 | 112 | 2 | 75.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 12 | 47 | 576 | 6 | 75.8 |
Related Context
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Deon Yelder played TE for Western Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deon Yelder recorded 15 rushing yards, 688 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 81.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
57.3
Efficiency
81.6
Usage
15.2
Consistency
71.1
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 112. Eastern Kentucky: 40. Illinois: 17. Louisiana Tech: 54. Ball State: 38. UTEP: 31. Charlotte: 92. Old Dominion: 65. Florida Atlantic: 62. Marshall: 73. Middle Tennessee: 37. Florida International: 67
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia State: 5 by 100. Eastern Kentucky: 4 by 66.7. Illinois: 1 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 60. Ball State: 3 by 84.4. UTEP: 3 by 68.9. Charlotte: 7 by 87.6. Old Dominion: 3 by 100. Florida Atlantic: 6 by 68.9. Marshall: 6 by 81.1. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 61.7. Florida International: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins50.5 · Games = 6 · -13.7 vs Losses
Losses64.2 · Games = 6 · +13.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | @ Georgia State100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | L 17-27 | — | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 22.40 | 2 | 54 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Florida International | L 17-41 | — | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 0 | 34 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 41-38 | — | 4 | 37 | 10.2 | 9.30 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Marshall | L 23-30 | — | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 12.20 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 28-42 | — | 6 | 62 | 9 | 10.30 | 1 | 16 |
| Fri 10/20 | @ Old Dominion | W 35-31 | — | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 21.70 | 1 | 39 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Charlotte | W 45-14 | — | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 1 | 26 |
| Sun 10/8 | @ UTEP | W 15-14 | — | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Ball State | W 33-21 | — | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 22-23 | — | 6 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/10 | @ Illinois | L 7-20 | — | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 31-17 | — | 4 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
Player Story
Deon Yelder story
Deon Yelder built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Louisville, KY wearing No. 19, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Deon Yelder's career was his receiving role: 52 catches, 688 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 15 rushing yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 15 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Deon Yelder moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2013 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 688 | 81.6 | 15.2 | 688 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 688 | 81.6 | 15.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia State
Week 1 · L 17-27 · Postseason
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
112
Receiving Yards
88 takeover
112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Charlotte
Week 7 · W 45-14 · Conference game
92
Receiving Yards
74.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
92 receiving yards with a 87.6 efficiency score.
#3
@ Marshall
Week 11 · L 23-30 · Conference game
73
Receiving Yards
72.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
73 receiving yards with a 81.1 efficiency score.
#4
@ Florida International
Week 13 · L 17-41 · Conference game
67
Receiving Yards
68 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Old Dominion
Week 8 · W 35-31 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
66 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
65 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky
75.8
688 primary · 81.6 efficiency · 15.2 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
75.8
688 primary · 81.6 efficiency · 15.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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